'Saying' in the Bible

Suddenly, a multitude of the Heavenly Army appeared with the angel, praising God by saying,

Simeon took the infant in his arms and praised God, saying,

and the Holy Spirit descended on him, appearing in the form of a dove. Then a voice came from heaven, saying, "You are my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with you!"

Overwhelmed with amazement, they all kept saying to one another, "What kind of statement is this? because with authority and power he gives orders to unclean spirits, and they come out!"

So Jesus reached out his hand and touched him, saying, "I do want to. Be clean!" Instantly the leprosy left him.

The scribes and the Pharisees began to argue among themselves, saying, "Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

After Jesus had finished saying all these things to the people who were there listening, he went to Capernaum.

Now the man from whom the demons had gone out kept begging Jesus to let him go with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying,

Just as Moses and Elijah were leaving, Peter told Jesus, "Master, it's good that we're here! Let's set up three shelters one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." (Peter didn't know what he was saying.)

But while he was saying this, a cloud appeared and surrounded them, and they became terrified as they were being overshadowed by the cloud.

The next day, he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, "Take good care of him. If you spend more than that, I'll repay you when I come back.'

She had a sister named Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and kept listening to what he was saying.

As Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and told him, "How blessed is the womb that gave birth to you and the breasts that nursed you!"

Even as he was saying this, all of his opponents were blushing with shame. But the rest of the crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things he was doing.

Now Jesus was saying to the disciples, "A rich man had a servant manager who was accused of wasting his assets.

People won't be saying, "Look! Here it is!' or "There it is!' because now the kingdom of God is among you."

In that city there was also a widow who kept coming to him and saying, "Grant me justice against my adversary.'

So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover meal."

Then he took a loaf of bread, gave thanks, broke it in pieces, and handed it to them, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Keep on doing this in memory of me."

He did the same with the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant sealed by my blood, which is being poured out for you.

They began to accuse him, "We found this man corrupting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that he is the Messiah, a king."

Jesus kept saying, "Father, forgive them, because they don't know what they're doing." Then they divided his clothes among them by throwing dice.

Meanwhile, the people stood looking on. The leaders were mocking him by saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if he is the Messiah of God, the chosen one!"

saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!"

and didn't find his body there, so they came back and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who were saying that he was alive.

They kept saying, "The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon!"